Pedagogik Journal of Islamic Elementary School requires authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members to disclose financial and non-financial interests that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, their work or decisions. Such interests may involve personal relationships, professional activities, institutional affiliations, or commercial benefits. Transparent disclosure supports impartial assessment, research integrity, and public trust.
Declaration of Competing Interests
Author A serves as a consultant for [Company/Organization], which produces the educational software evaluated in this study. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
Declaration of Competing Interests
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Templates must be adapted to reflect the actual circumstances of every author, including relevant non-financial interests.
Report financial or material support separately in the Funding or Acknowledgements section. Identify the sponsor, grant number where applicable, and the sponsor's role in the research and publication process. Funding disclosure does not replace a competing interests statement.
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This study was supported by [Grant Sponsor/Name] under grant [Grant Number, if applicable]. The sponsor's role in the study design, data collection, analysis, manuscript preparation, and decision to submit was [describe the involvement or state that the sponsor had no involvement].
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Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan, IAIN Palopo
Jl. Agatis Balandai, Kota Palopo, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia 91914.
